Centimo
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
Historical Examples
noun (pl) -mos
a monetary unit of Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard currency units
a former monetary unit of Andorra and Spain, worth one hundredth of a peseta
noun (pl) -mos
a monetary unit of Sao Tomê e Principe, worth one hundredth of a dobra
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